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critics say the obama administration is not open about how drones are used, where they are used in places like yemen and how targets are chosen. >> the most challenging situation we had to face was the complete and utter secrecy of the u.s. authorities. because of that we cannot be 100% certain, but we are extremely concerned that these and other killings documented in our report may constitute war crimes . >> it is a hard factor that drone strikes have resulted in civilian casualties. a risk in every war. for the families of those civilians no words or legal construct can justify their loss. >> reporter: president obama tried to clarify his drone warfare policy in a major speech on national security last spring. he acknowledged civilian casualties but said the u.s. does all it can to mitigate them. >> america does not take strikes when we have the ability to capture individual terrorists. our preference is to detain, interrogate and prosecute. america cannot take strikes wherever we choose. >> sovereignty is another issue as mr. obama sits down with pakistani prime minister sharif at the
critics say the obama administration is not open about how drones are used, where they are used in places like yemen and how targets are chosen. >> the most challenging situation we had to face was the complete and utter secrecy of the u.s. authorities. because of that we cannot be 100% certain, but we are extremely concerned that these and other killings documented in our report may constitute war crimes . >> it is a hard factor that drone strikes have resulted in civilian...
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that to me speaks of incompetence on the part of the obama administration. i don't think they've thought these things through. i don't think he thinks through what he says before he says it. >> you mean the president? >> the president. his famous speech in cairo where he spoke for kind of an opening up of arab societies and so on. don't forget that he stopped in rihd just before he god to cairo and reaffirmed his connection with the most oligarchic administration in the middle east. >> kevin scott sutay was handed over to u.n. officials in good condition. he was kidnapped while vacationing in june. reporting on the negotiations of his release. >> negotiations had been underway since june actually when he was exurpd by th capturq in colombia. it didn't happen because of the frac and colombian rebels. they had asked for the mediation, a very well-known figures. among them u.s. human rights activists the reverend jesse jackson. but the president of colombia made it clear that he didn't want to turn the release into a media spectacle for the farc. this has been
that to me speaks of incompetence on the part of the obama administration. i don't think they've thought these things through. i don't think he thinks through what he says before he says it. >> you mean the president? >> the president. his famous speech in cairo where he spoke for kind of an opening up of arab societies and so on. don't forget that he stopped in rihd just before he god to cairo and reaffirmed his connection with the most oligarchic administration in the middle east....
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unofficially as we know with the obama administration they communicate mainly with leaks to the press. the latest one is to the wall street journal which said that president obama discovered the world leaders being surveyed after an internal review discovered that in the summertime. president obama then asked for the surveillance of angela merkel's phone to be cease. not so with various world leaders if there are other world leaders watching right now you are not out of the woods yet. this is a push back from germany media that president obama was briefed about the surveillance in 2010. not only did the president say that surveillance should continue, he ordered that intelligence come from out of that surveillance come directly to the white house and out of the national security agency. we expect the press briefing from the white house, the official line to come in the coming hours. >> and there is an european delegation come together white house today. what do they hope to accomplish? >> reporter: we should bear in mind that this delegation has long been organized. the european parli
unofficially as we know with the obama administration they communicate mainly with leaks to the press. the latest one is to the wall street journal which said that president obama discovered the world leaders being surveyed after an internal review discovered that in the summertime. president obama then asked for the surveillance of angela merkel's phone to be cease. not so with various world leaders if there are other world leaders watching right now you are not out of the woods yet. this is a...
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that, to me speaks to incompetence on the part of the barack obama administration. i don't think they have thought these things through. i don't think he thinks through what he says before he said it. >> with the president. >> the arabs - his famous speech in cairo, where he spoke for an opening up. don't forget, he stopped in riad before getting to cairo, reaffirming a connection with the olly gashingic -- oligarchic regime in the middle east. >> a topic for another day. thank you both for m cooing in tonight -- for coming in tonight. we appreciate it. >> the health and human services secretary is set to appear before a committee. kathleen sebelius will talk about problems rolling out in the affordable care act website. congressman darrell issa said the president should think about changing the website's staff. >> the president has been poorly served in the implementation of his own signature legislation. if somebody doesn't leave and if there isn't a real restructuring, not just for 60 days someone come in and try to fix it, he's missing the point of management 10
that, to me speaks to incompetence on the part of the barack obama administration. i don't think they have thought these things through. i don't think he thinks through what he says before he said it. >> with the president. >> the arabs - his famous speech in cairo, where he spoke for an opening up. don't forget, he stopped in riad before getting to cairo, reaffirming a connection with the olly gashingic -- oligarchic regime in the middle east. >> a topic for another day....
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in the fast few days anonymous administration officials told the u.s. media that was false. and that a white house review only discovered the surveillance of world leaders in the summer. the bugging of merkel's phone ended soon after. for european parliamentary delegation its visit to washington is about more than the bugging of world leaders. it's about the surveillance of 10s of millions of its con stitcconnecticut stitchconstitu. >> trust has to be rebuilt. and what kind of trust needs to be rebuilt. in the end we are fighting a battle in terms of security, we need to get that balance right. we are concerned, too, about security and we made that very clear. but also there is a balance to be struck with privacy of citizens and i think these frank exchange need to rebuild that very important trust. >> reporter: their first meeting, however, was with the house intelligence committee chairman mike rodgers. he says europeans should be grateful for the surveillance as it's keeping them safe. that's a theme echoed by the white house, officials are briefing journalists that more
in the fast few days anonymous administration officials told the u.s. media that was false. and that a white house review only discovered the surveillance of world leaders in the summer. the bugging of merkel's phone ended soon after. for european parliamentary delegation its visit to washington is about more than the bugging of world leaders. it's about the surveillance of 10s of millions of its con stitcconnecticut stitchconstitu. >> trust has to be rebuilt. and what kind of trust needs...